net/netvsc: support integrated VF

[dpdk.git] / doc / guides / rel_notes / release_18_11.rst

diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_18_11.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_18_11.rst
index 3ae6b3f..8c4bb54 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_18_11.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_18_11.rst
@@ -54,6 +54,19 @@ New Features
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+* **Add support to offload more flow match and actions for CXGBE PMD**
+
+  Flow API support has been enhanced for CXGBE Poll Mode Driver to offload:
+
+  * Match items: destination MAC address.
+  * Action items: push/pop/rewrite vlan header.
+
+* **Added support for SR-IOV in netvsc PMD.**
+
+  The ``netvsc`` poll mode driver now supports the Accelerated Networking
+  SR-IOV option in Hyper-V and Azure. This is an alternative to the previous
+  vdev_netvsc, tap, and failsafe drivers combination.
+
 
 API Changes
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@@ -68,6 +81,12 @@ API Changes
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+* A new device flag, RTE_ETH_DEV_NOLIVE_MAC_ADDR, changes the order of
+  actions inside rte_eth_dev_start regarding MAC set. Some NICs do not
+  support MAC changes once the port has started and with this new device
+  flag the MAC can be properly configured in any case. This is particularly
+  important for bonding.
+
 
 ABI Changes
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@@ -122,7 +141,7 @@ The libraries prepended with a plus sign were incremented in this version.
      librte_bus_fslmc.so.1
      librte_bus_pci.so.1
      librte_bus_vdev.so.1
-     librte_bus_vmbus.so.1
+   + librte_bus_vmbus.so.1
      librte_cfgfile.so.2
      librte_cmdline.so.2
      librte_common_octeontx.so.1
@@ -159,6 +178,7 @@ The libraries prepended with a plus sign were incremented in this version.
      librte_pmd_ring.so.2
      librte_pmd_softnic.so.1
      librte_pmd_vhost.so.2
+   + librte_pmd_netvsc.so.1
      librte_port.so.3
      librte_power.so.1
      librte_rawdev.so.1
@@ -185,6 +205,10 @@ Known Issues
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+* When using SR-IOV (VF) support with netvsc PMD and the Mellanox mlx5 bifurcated
+  driver; the Linux netvsc device must be brought up before the netvsc device is
+  unbound and passed to the DPDK.
+
 
 Tested Platforms
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@@ -204,4 +228,3 @@ Tested Platforms
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